The Society of Composers and Lyricists have announced their nominations for the best of 2023.  The winners will be announced on February 13th, 2024 so you’ve got a lot of time to listen to these scores.

Here are the nominations:

Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
Joe Hisaishi – The Boy and the Heron
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman – American Fiction
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon
Anthony Willis – Saltburn

Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
Mica Levi – The Zone of Interest
Fabrizio Mancinelli, Richard M. Sherman – Mushka
Daniel Pemberton – Ferrari
John Powell – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
Nicholas Britell – Succession
Natalie Holt – Loki
Martin Phipps – The Crown
Carlos Rafael Rivera – Lessons in Chemistry
Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us

Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production
Chanda Dancy – Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Nainita Desai – The Deepest Breath
Kevin Kiner – Ahsoka
Atli Örvarsson – Silo
Carlos Rafael Rivera -Lessons in Chemistry

Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production
Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson – “It Never Went Away” (American Symphony)
Nicholas Britell, Taura Stinson – “Slip Away” (Carmen)
Sharon Farber, Noah Benshea – “Better Times” (Jacob the Baker)
Lenny Kravitz – “Road to Freedom” (Rustin)
Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro – “Can’t Catch Me Now” (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes)

Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production
Jack Black, John Spiker, Eric Osmond, Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath – “Peaches” (The Super Mario Bros Movie)
Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman, Taura Stinson – “All About Me” (The L Word: Generation Q)
Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell – “What Was I Made For?” (Barbie)
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt – “I’m Just Ken” (Barbie)
Diane Warren – “The Fire Inside” (Flamin’ Hot)

Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media
Stephan Barton, Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Winifred Phillips – Secrets of Skeifa Island
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Austin Wintory – Stray Gods

The David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
Catherine Joy – Home is a Hotel
Fabrizio Mancinelli – The Land of Dreams
Allyson Newman – Commitment to Life
Hannah Parrott – After Death
Kenny Wood – The Naughty Nine